Muppets who grow eyelids

This is a list of instances in which eyelids can be seen on the eyes of Muppets who don't normally have them, or they've been extended for those that do. This is usually done to create the appearance of sleep, when the simpler method of turning the character's eyes from the camera won't work for the scene. Some Muppets, like the early Big Bird, have closeable eyelids built in.

Muppets from Space, his standard moving eyelids are extended in a scene to cover his entire eyeballs, and a lower eyelid is added. Also, for a brief scene, his upper eyelids cover his eyes, but open halfway twice.

Although she's only so far been used as a one-shot character in this form, Sleeping Beauty's eyelids are replaced with lids that cover her entire eyes at the end of her "Healthy Storybook Moments" sketch.

Two variations are seen on Walter in The Muppets. One with sleepy eyes as he's falling asleep watching The Muppet Show, and another with completely closed eyelids after he's fallen asleep and he drifts off into a dream.